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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Reasons for Staying - Almost Human, Pages 75 - 95).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Dear Sara," what does Sara question?
(a) The meaning of life.
(b) How to take care of pets.
(c) The point of writing.
(d) If love is really real.

2. In "Waterline," what does the speaker ask for?
(a) A sign.
(b) A lover.
(c) A prayer.
(d) One eighth day.

3. In "American Legend," what does the speaker's father often like to drink?
(a) Beer.
(b) Hennessy.
(c) Cider.
(d) Gin.

4. In "Dear Sara," what are none of us children long enough to do?
(a) Cook for ourselves.
(b) Enter maturity.
(c) Love it.
(d) Leave childhood.

5. In "Dear Sara," what is the shade of Sara's shoes?
(a) Sand.
(b) Night.
(c) Dirty paper.
(d) Bruise.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Nothing," what does the speaker imagine as rising from the bread?

2. In "Tell Me Something Good," what does the speaker want his younger self to know?

3. In "The Last Prom Queen in Antarctica," what does the speaker "cut his teeth on"?

4. In "Künstlerroman," who does the man in the movie end up being?

5. In "Tell Me Something Good," what does the speaker's mother's boyfriend smell like?

(see the answer key)

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